IGT 114, 8/11/05, Rubber Match at San Diego

[Guest KC]

Yeah, that too.

[Guest Edgy DC]

MLB netcast just cut out on me.

Robinson (I think) just said they'd be talking to Jim Duquette on the postgame. Anybody still with the game, please post.

[nymr83]

]FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK

i second that.

the Mets should probably cut gerald williams and recall Victor Diaz from AAA immediately.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think that won't happen.

More likely, both players will be visiting the disabled list.

[Guest Edgy DC]

How about that macabre detail from Ralph Kiner? Yeesh.

[seawolf17]

Duq says Cameron is on his way to the hospital and had cuts on both lips. but was otherwise alert and responsive. Beltran -- at least for now -- is relatively okay, with a cut on his face and some shoulder soreness.

Dammit.

[willpie]

Edgy DC wrote: How about that macabre detail from Ralph Kiner? Yeesh.

Ehhh, what was the macabre detail in question?

[Guest Edgy DC]

He played in a game at Ebbets field when Pete Reiser (a young star who shortened his career considerably by running into fences in the pre-padding days) injured himself so badly he was given last rites on the field.

[seawolf17]

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- New York Mets right fielder Mike Cameron was taken off the field on a stretcher following a frightening head-to-head collision with center fielder Carlos Beltran in the seventh inning of a 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Thursday.

The game was delayed for about 13 minutes after the diving crash. Cameron lay on the field and was tended to by trainers from both teams before being taken to Mercy Hospital.

"He's surprisingly alert and doing well," Mets assistant general manager Jim Duquette said. "He's alert and moving, and that's a good sign.

Duquette said Cameron experienced dizziness and had some pain in the front part of his shoulder and a cut on his upper lip. He said Beltran was examined by the Padres' doctor at the stadium and "everything came out normal."

Cameron lifted up his head at one point, and shielded his eyes from the sun as he was put onto a stretcher by paramedics, lifted onto a cart and driven off the field. He was immobilized and put in a neck brace.

Beltran got up after a few minutes after the collision and walked off the field on his own power. He left the game with a sore left shoulder and a cut on the face.

[Elster88]

What Centerfield said.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Petco Field turned into a house of horrors today.

[Guest Edgy DC]

According to the guys in the booth today, Cliff Floyd reported a leftfield heckler, right after the collision, saying, "Hey, Floyd, you're next!"

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Damn - I've met that heckler.

Seriously - an axe murderer (i.e., someone I've met on the Internet) once removed - an Internet friend of mine knows this guy Harry the Heckler at Petco, and she told me to look for him last summer when we were out there.

Hopefully it's not the same guy. But this guy is known for heckling the opposing team at Petco.